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Research Methods

Quiz by Jennifer Vaughn

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19 questions
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  • Q1
    Milgram's Obedience Study - the extent to which people obey the researcher
    Descriptive
    Predictive
    Explanatory
    30s
  • Q2
    Surveying adult participants regarding their history of traumatic childhood events (e.g., getting lost in a shopping mall, abuse, etc.)
    Retrospective
    Cross-Sectional
    Longitudinal
    30s
  • Q3
    A college instructor gives weekly quizzes to students in one section of her course but no quizzes in another section to see whether this has an effect on their test performance
    Descriptive
    Predictive
    Explanatory
    30s
  • Q4
    A researcher looks at the relationships between parental attachment, work and family roles, and life satisfaction
    Descriptive
    Predictive
    Explanatory
    30s
  • Q5
    Assessing behavioral responses of substance-exposed newborns
    Explanatory
    Predictive
    Descriptive
    30s
  • Q6
    Thirty-year stability and predictive validity of vocational interests in psychology students
    Retrospective
    Prospective
    Cross-Sectional
    30s
  • Q7
    I obtain a sample that includes 10 U.S.-citizens, 10 LPRs, and 10 unauthorized adults
    Convenience Sampling
    Case Study
    Snowball Sampling
    Quota Sampling
    30s
  • Q8
    I stand outside the MSMU library and survey the first 15 people who enter about their pizza topping preference
    Quota Sampling
    Purposive Sampling
    Case Study
    Convenience Sampling
    30s
  • Q9
    I survey students in each of my courses about vocational preferences of psychology graduate students
    Convenience Sampling
    Purposive Sampling
    Case Study
    Quota Sampling
    30s
  • Q10
    I recruit 2 students to complete a battery of personality assessments and report their similarities and differences
    Case Study
    Quota Sampling
    Snowball Sampling
    Convenience Sampling
    30s
  • Q11
    I visit a private practice to gather therapists for my study. I then ask them for contact information for other private practice therapists to include in my study
    Snowball Sampling
    Purposive Sampling
    Quota Sampling
    Convenience Sampling
    30s
  • Q12
    Cite me for the first time: Walling, S. M., Eriksson, C. B., Putman, K. M., & Foy, D. W. (2011).
    (Walling, Eriksson, Putman, and Foy, 2011)
    (Walling, Eriksson, Putman, & Foy, 2011)
    (Walling, Eriksson, Putman, & Foy 2011)
    (Walling et al., 2011)
    30s
  • Q13
    Cite me the second time: Walling, S. M., Eriksson, C. B., Putman, K. M., & Foy, D. W. (2011).
    (Walling, et al., 2011)
    (Walling et al., 2011)
    (Walling, Eriksson, Putman, & Foy, 2011)
    (Walling et al 2011)
    30s
  • Q14
    Cite me the first time: World Health Organization (2016)
    (World Health Organization; 2016)
    (WHO, 2016)
    (World Health Organization, 2016)
    (World Health Organization 2016)
    30s
  • Q15
    Cite me the first time: Rojas-Flores, L., Herrera, S., Currier, J. M., Lin, E. Y., Kulzer, R., & Foy, D. W. (2013).
    (Rojas-Flores, Herrera, Currier, Lin, et al., 2013)
    (Rojas-Flores et al., 2013)
    (Rojas-Flores et al. 2013)
    (Rojas-Flores, Herrera, Currier, Lin, Kulzer, & Foy, 2013)
    30s

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